Saddest Events In United States History

The Top Ten

Whoever makes jokes about this event are cruel bastards who want to become psychopaths.

A tragic event that happened for no reason and innocent people died when they shouldn't have

Why am I not surprised by this?

2Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

3Slave Trade

It ruined the lives of countless Africans, gave us gruesome stories about the cruelty of the slave-masters, started a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people, made racism a staple of American culture even after it officially ended.

By far the saddest series of events in American history. - ThePenguin227

4Assassination of John F. Kennedy

5The Iraq War

6The Vietnam War

7The Great Depression

8Sandy Hook Shooting

9Hurricane Katrina

Okay that's it sandy hook is so damn overrated seriously how it worst than hurricane Katrina Orlando night club shooting and Virginia tech columbine is worst than sandy hook why you know what they say the original is always the best in this case the original is always the deadliest

Worst than sandy hook and killed more people so yea

10American Civil War

This was a sad day

Over 600,000 dead; more than were lost during WW2.

The Contenders

11The War of 1812

12Pearl Harbour Bombing

13Ku Klux Klan

Their not that bad

THEY ARE A DESCRACE TO GOD! - Andyman1234

14Virginia Tech Massacre

Worst than sandy hook

So sad I feel bad

The saddest thing to ever happend 2007

15Oklahoma City Bombing

This was sadder than sandy hook sandy hook should not be in the top 10